US7740083B2 - Sod harvesting apparatus - Google Patents
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- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G20/00—Cultivation of turf, lawn or the like; Apparatus or methods therefor
- A01G20/10—Pre-cultivated sod or turf; Apparatus therefor
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US20100252286A1 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2010-10-07 | Brouwer Gerardus J | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US20130259630A1 (en) * | 2012-04-02 | 2013-10-03 | Firefly Equipment, Llc | Electrically Operated Turf Stacking System For Sod Harvesting Machine |
US9078390B2 (en) | 2012-04-02 | 2015-07-14 | Firefly Equipment, Llc | Conveyor system for controlling spacing between sod slabs |
AU2014201806B2 (en) * | 2013-03-27 | 2015-11-19 | Firefly Automatix, Inc. | Electrically Operated Turf Stacking System for SOD Harvesting |
US10299443B1 (en) | 2016-03-10 | 2019-05-28 | Trebro Holding, Inc. | Sod harvesters |
US10602655B2 (en) | 2015-12-23 | 2020-03-31 | Tre Bro Hoding, Inc. | Sod harvester |
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US1349926A (en) | 1920-05-10 | 1920-08-17 | Robert L Thompson | Sod cutting and disintegrating machine |
US2682824A (en) | 1950-07-27 | 1954-07-06 | Virgil L Bowser | Self-propelled sod cutting machine |
US3519082A (en) | 1967-02-27 | 1970-07-07 | William W Miner | Automatic sod harvester |
US3580375A (en) | 1969-03-03 | 1971-05-25 | John F Nunes Jr | Sod-handling machine |
US3653448A (en) * | 1970-02-06 | 1972-04-04 | Big J Products Inc | Sod harvesting vehicle |
US3672452A (en) | 1969-12-30 | 1972-06-27 | William W Miner | Apparatus for harvesting sod |
US4345659A (en) | 1980-07-10 | 1982-08-24 | Browwer Turf Equipment Limited | Automatic steering mechanism for sod processing machine and shoe therefor |
US4354556A (en) | 1980-11-10 | 1982-10-19 | Evans Mervyn L | Turf cutting and rolling apparatus |
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US4616713A (en) | 1984-11-29 | 1986-10-14 | Shattuck Thomas G | Blade adjustment device for sod cutting machine |
US4733355A (en) | 1986-02-10 | 1988-03-22 | Agtek Development Company, Inc. | Non-contacting range sensing and control device |
US4754815A (en) | 1984-09-17 | 1988-07-05 | Brouwer Turf Equipment Limited | Sod laying machine |
US4777890A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1988-10-18 | Gabard Raymond | Machine for handling, assembling, laying, watering and pressing sod rolls |
US4832130A (en) | 1985-10-28 | 1989-05-23 | Brouwer Turf Equipment Limited | Sod harvester with conveyor structure |
US4883965A (en) | 1988-12-22 | 1989-11-28 | Ford New Holland, Inc. | Method and apparatus for discriminating between stalks and leaves in a non-contact row crop harvester guidance system |
US4918441A (en) | 1988-12-22 | 1990-04-17 | Ford New Holland, Inc. | Non-contact sensing unit for row crop harvester guidance system |
US5031705A (en) | 1989-05-24 | 1991-07-16 | Clemens Und Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | Crop-sensing cultivator |
US5039129A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1991-08-13 | Charles Balmer | Vehicle for agricultural use |
US5170848A (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1992-12-15 | Walton Wayman E | Sod cutting machine |
US5269379A (en) | 1990-11-07 | 1993-12-14 | Red Hen Turf Farm Inc. | Automated sod harvesting apparatus |
US5911669A (en) | 1996-04-19 | 1999-06-15 | Carnegie Mellon University | Vision-based crop line tracking for harvesters |
US6244354B1 (en) | 1995-09-15 | 2001-06-12 | Harmelerwaard Patents B.V. | Device and process for cutting grass sods with a constant thickness from grass land |
US6296063B1 (en) | 1999-01-25 | 2001-10-02 | Donald Tvetene | Sod harvester |
US6364027B1 (en) | 2000-06-26 | 2002-04-02 | Donald Tvetene | Sod harvester |
US6371237B1 (en) * | 2000-09-06 | 2002-04-16 | Hagie Manufacturing Company | Steering system for variable height agricultural sprayer |
US6659189B2 (en) | 2001-02-23 | 2003-12-09 | Woerner Manufacturing, Inc. | Sod harvesting machine |
US6769495B1 (en) | 1999-07-16 | 2004-08-03 | Van Loen Techniek, B.V. | Device for the harvesting of cultivated turfs |
US6779610B2 (en) | 2002-09-12 | 2004-08-24 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Defective sod rejector and deflector |
US6783318B2 (en) | 2002-08-22 | 2004-08-31 | Theodore Tvetene | Sod stacker |
US7021584B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-04-04 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Automatic control of sod roll flaps |
US7066277B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-06-27 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker |
US7070004B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-07-04 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker |
US7096967B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-08-29 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker with software control |
US7195077B2 (en) | 2001-06-04 | 2007-03-27 | Brouwer Turf, Inc. | SOD harvester |
US7246669B2 (en) | 2002-10-29 | 2007-07-24 | Malcolm Cammack | Sod cutting device |
US7264063B1 (en) * | 2004-07-22 | 2007-09-04 | Bucyrus Equipment Co., Inc | Sod harvester with controlled sod cut-off and conveying system |
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Patent Citations (40)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US1349926A (en) | 1920-05-10 | 1920-08-17 | Robert L Thompson | Sod cutting and disintegrating machine |
US2682824A (en) | 1950-07-27 | 1954-07-06 | Virgil L Bowser | Self-propelled sod cutting machine |
US3519082A (en) | 1967-02-27 | 1970-07-07 | William W Miner | Automatic sod harvester |
US3580375A (en) | 1969-03-03 | 1971-05-25 | John F Nunes Jr | Sod-handling machine |
US3672452A (en) | 1969-12-30 | 1972-06-27 | William W Miner | Apparatus for harvesting sod |
US3653448A (en) * | 1970-02-06 | 1972-04-04 | Big J Products Inc | Sod harvesting vehicle |
US4345659A (en) | 1980-07-10 | 1982-08-24 | Browwer Turf Equipment Limited | Automatic steering mechanism for sod processing machine and shoe therefor |
US4354556A (en) | 1980-11-10 | 1982-10-19 | Evans Mervyn L | Turf cutting and rolling apparatus |
US4566553A (en) * | 1983-10-17 | 1986-01-28 | Mccutcheon Arnold E | Agricultural work vehicle |
US4507910A (en) | 1983-11-21 | 1985-04-02 | Ezra C. Lundahl, Inc. | Automatic sonar activated height control for a header |
US4573124A (en) | 1984-01-09 | 1986-02-25 | Blackwelders | Height control for agricultural machine |
US4754815A (en) | 1984-09-17 | 1988-07-05 | Brouwer Turf Equipment Limited | Sod laying machine |
US4616713A (en) | 1984-11-29 | 1986-10-14 | Shattuck Thomas G | Blade adjustment device for sod cutting machine |
US4832130A (en) | 1985-10-28 | 1989-05-23 | Brouwer Turf Equipment Limited | Sod harvester with conveyor structure |
US4944352A (en) | 1985-10-28 | 1990-07-31 | Brouwer Turf Equipment Limited | Sod harvester for rolling sod with grass side out |
US4733355A (en) | 1986-02-10 | 1988-03-22 | Agtek Development Company, Inc. | Non-contacting range sensing and control device |
US4777890A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1988-10-18 | Gabard Raymond | Machine for handling, assembling, laying, watering and pressing sod rolls |
US4883965A (en) | 1988-12-22 | 1989-11-28 | Ford New Holland, Inc. | Method and apparatus for discriminating between stalks and leaves in a non-contact row crop harvester guidance system |
US4918441A (en) | 1988-12-22 | 1990-04-17 | Ford New Holland, Inc. | Non-contact sensing unit for row crop harvester guidance system |
US5031705A (en) | 1989-05-24 | 1991-07-16 | Clemens Und Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | Crop-sensing cultivator |
US5039129A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1991-08-13 | Charles Balmer | Vehicle for agricultural use |
US5269379A (en) | 1990-11-07 | 1993-12-14 | Red Hen Turf Farm Inc. | Automated sod harvesting apparatus |
US5170848A (en) | 1991-07-15 | 1992-12-15 | Walton Wayman E | Sod cutting machine |
US6244354B1 (en) | 1995-09-15 | 2001-06-12 | Harmelerwaard Patents B.V. | Device and process for cutting grass sods with a constant thickness from grass land |
US5911669A (en) | 1996-04-19 | 1999-06-15 | Carnegie Mellon University | Vision-based crop line tracking for harvesters |
US6296063B1 (en) | 1999-01-25 | 2001-10-02 | Donald Tvetene | Sod harvester |
US6769495B1 (en) | 1999-07-16 | 2004-08-03 | Van Loen Techniek, B.V. | Device for the harvesting of cultivated turfs |
US6681864B2 (en) | 2000-06-26 | 2004-01-27 | Donald Tvetene | Sod harvester |
US6364027B1 (en) | 2000-06-26 | 2002-04-02 | Donald Tvetene | Sod harvester |
US6371237B1 (en) * | 2000-09-06 | 2002-04-16 | Hagie Manufacturing Company | Steering system for variable height agricultural sprayer |
US6659189B2 (en) | 2001-02-23 | 2003-12-09 | Woerner Manufacturing, Inc. | Sod harvesting machine |
US7195077B2 (en) | 2001-06-04 | 2007-03-27 | Brouwer Turf, Inc. | SOD harvester |
US7021584B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-04-04 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Automatic control of sod roll flaps |
US7066277B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-06-27 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker |
US7070004B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-07-04 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker |
US7096967B2 (en) | 2002-07-15 | 2006-08-29 | Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. | Robotic sod stacker with software control |
US6783318B2 (en) | 2002-08-22 | 2004-08-31 | Theodore Tvetene | Sod stacker |
US6779610B2 (en) | 2002-09-12 | 2004-08-24 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Defective sod rejector and deflector |
US7246669B2 (en) | 2002-10-29 | 2007-07-24 | Malcolm Cammack | Sod cutting device |
US7264063B1 (en) * | 2004-07-22 | 2007-09-04 | Bucyrus Equipment Co., Inc | Sod harvester with controlled sod cut-off and conveying system |
Cited By (11)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US20100252286A1 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2010-10-07 | Brouwer Gerardus J | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US8235131B2 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2012-08-07 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US8336638B2 (en) | 2005-02-04 | 2012-12-25 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US8479835B2 (en) | 2005-02-04 | 2013-07-09 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US8505643B2 (en) | 2005-02-04 | 2013-08-13 | 1045929 Ontario Limited | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod |
US20130259630A1 (en) * | 2012-04-02 | 2013-10-03 | Firefly Equipment, Llc | Electrically Operated Turf Stacking System For Sod Harvesting Machine |
US9022720B2 (en) * | 2012-04-02 | 2015-05-05 | Firefly Equipment, Llc | Electrically operated turf stacking system for sod harvesting machine |
US9078390B2 (en) | 2012-04-02 | 2015-07-14 | Firefly Equipment, Llc | Conveyor system for controlling spacing between sod slabs |
AU2014201806B2 (en) * | 2013-03-27 | 2015-11-19 | Firefly Automatix, Inc. | Electrically Operated Turf Stacking System for SOD Harvesting |
US10602655B2 (en) | 2015-12-23 | 2020-03-31 | Tre Bro Hoding, Inc. | Sod harvester |
US10299443B1 (en) | 2016-03-10 | 2019-05-28 | Trebro Holding, Inc. | Sod harvesters |
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